History of the CCCE

The Center for Community Career Education was founded in 1980. For over 30 years,
the Center has helped The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga fulfill its mission
as an engaged metropolitan university. Since its inception, it has provided the guidance
and assistance necessary to ensure more than 27,000 clients achieve their goals of
enhanced education and better careers. Over the years, audiences served include displaced
homemakers, single parents, at-risk youth, career changers, people with disabilities,
and other groups who face barriers to education or employment.

As a unit of UTC's College of Health Education, and Professional Studies, the Center
applies its skills and shares "best practices" in service provision to individuals
in eight counties in Southeast Tennessee and Northwest Georgia. With an average annual
grant budget of $1.5 million, the Center has earned more than $24 million since 1980.

"Since it's beginning, the Center's mission has been dedicated to educate, support
and inspire and inspire individuals to achieve their potential. Thousands have been
provided with services that have enriched their lives and provided them with opportunities
and skills to achieve goals. Our partners in the community and region are vital to
our success and we share those successes with them and continue to look for ways to
inspire our citizens to reach their potential."

-Sandy Cole, Director for the CCCE

"The Center for Community Career Education is a real manifestation of our commitment
as a metropolitan university. Our campus embraces a responsibility to serve not only
our students but the community at large, and this center is one significant way we
fulfill that responsibility."